By Peter De Keles

Author  Bio Our trains are fun. But the reality is there is an inherent danger whenever we work or play outside.

Title:	Man crushed by garden model train at his Wilmcote home
Publication:	BBC Mobile
Date:	11/06/11
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Category	Misc
Overview	"A man has been airlifted to hospital after being crushed and trapped by a model train in his back garden." While most of us don't have Ride-on Garden Railroads, we do have to be more careful than other scale railroaders. Heaver trains, more powerful tools and big rocks make us more prone to injury. Let's be careful out there.
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Riding Scale

This would have to be a 7-1/4" gauge or 1:8 scale to be heavy enough to pin the person for 30 minutes. In the UK, they often refer to the riding scales as garden trains because they are so often running through well kept gardens.

Rick Henderson - 11/11/2011 - 13:34

Garden Train Accidents

I'll stick to 1:29 thank you.

Tom Knight - 11/12/2011 - 05:06

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